Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-24
PENINSUlAR POINTERS.


Marshall T. Hadey, for many years
-eneral manager of the Michigan Air Line
railroad, diel in East Saginaw the other
day.
Charles J. Plat, an old and respected
citizen of Granl Haven, committed
suicide the other day by shooting himself.
Grand Challender who killed John
Clay, Jr., near Grand Ledge in May last,
has been sentenced to II years in Jackson
prison.
The large general store of Colwell,
McGregor n Co., in Huntsville was des-
troyed by fire the other morning, at loss
of SIS, 900.
Chester =. Clark of Madison. Wis,
formerly of Battle Creek. was accidental
~ shot by his brother while out hunting
near Alger the other day, killing him in
stantly.
Regular trains are now runnngt to Kala-
maZoo from Hastings. The ties and iron
are all land so far as it will proceed this
winter. and large force are at work level
ing and la lasting. The depot and round
house will soon be completed.
Ii is reported that Don Nj. Dickinson
of Detroit has informed President Cleve-
land that he will accept the position of
Postmaster General.
Prof J. W. Ewing, President Of the
state teachers association. has issued the
call for the annual convention to be held
in representative hall. Lansing, December
21-29. Dr. r. r. White. superintendent
of the Cincinnati schools, will make the
annual address.
The new Grand Rapids. Lansing & De-
troit railway is about To build a spur at
Grand Rapid three miles and half long,
to connect with Reeds lake.
Charles Birchies. aged "a, was caught
on the skids by a heavy log while decking
/ mber at Paint River camp, and instantly
hi led.
Henry Jones of White Pigeon, mourns
the loss of four horses which were killed
on the railroad track near that place the
other day.
Wesley Emery of Lansing, succeeds
James Welch of Jackson, on executive
board knights of labor Mr.. Welch re-
signed
John FOrtier was killed by falling tree
at Eagle Mills the other day.
The ulllsdaie county clerk has issued
call for all election under the local option
law. TO occur on December 10. There
were over 3. 900 signature to the petition
presen ell him asking for the call.
The ID. G. ii. II NJ. railroad company
has adopted an automatic switch which
ad justs itsef to any approaching train.
n. f. Springstein Of Royal Oak, is the in
ventor.
The Michigan detective association met
at Kalamazoo on the 18th inst They re-
ported that not one dollars worth OF prop
erty, either horses or chickens, had been
stolen during the year from a member of
the association. They still further COM
pleted the details of their plan of work
and now Lave the western and SOUTH
western portion of Michigan, also North
ern Indiana, so completely covered with
detectives that it is almost imp, ssible for
a thief to get awGy. They watch every
river ossing in the section In which it is
supposed the thief has departed The
election of officers resulted as follows:
President III. Il. Pessell. Quincy; vice pres
ident. G. w. Hunt. kendallvlle. Ind. Sec
rotary and treasurer, for two years, III.
Dale Adams, Galesburg directors, Benja-
min Morgan, Battle Creek; Aaron Brewer,
Gaines, Kent county: j. ii. Gardner, Cen
terville.
James ii. Hill, millionaire lumberman,
and for over 30 years resident OF East
Saginaw, is dead.
Gen. O. NJ. Poe, in his report of opera
tons on river and lIalbor work for October
shows tina. - 941 tons of freight passed
through the st. Mars ship canal, an in
crease of 5000 tons over the correspond
ing month last year. l{ut little work was
done on Michigan harbors. owing TO the
latenesS of the season and the scarcity OF
funds.
Grand Rapids school children are cor
responding with antipodal scholars il
Australian scho OILS.
The wheat threshed on 10 farms IL
Altoona county averaged 2l bushels pei
acre, and the oats thleshed on 81 farms
averaged % u bushels per acre.
The stockholders of the Toledo Saginaw
n Muskegon railway met In Detroit
recently and elected as re ,ident Davit
Robinson, jr., of Toledo, yite-presiden
and manager, w. Y. McCracken of New
York: secretary ard t. easurer, VIM. Bake
of Toledo; auditor and freight passenge
agent. |. X. McCracken of Fort Wayne
assistant secretary. Joseph L. Pennington
directors, David Robson, jr., James Ash
ley, VIM. Baker and John Cummings o
Toledo: w. V. McCracken and George A
, Evans of Jew York: Middleton o
Greenyille. l.. G.. Mason OF Muskegon;
X. McCracken aud ii. Nj McCracken o
Fort Wayne. The road is 90 miles il
length, from Muskegon on | axe Michigan
10 Ashley, on the Toledo. Ann Arbor
: North MICHIGAN, making direct roa'
from MuskegOn to Toledo aud good con
nectIons with Detroit. Work upon 1t ha
been actively pushed all summer, and tn
route will be opened for business by tn
middle OF December il is expected.
Israel :. Bird, for As years reisden
of Groveland, is dead
Ike Clark. life prisoner In the stat
prison, who made murderous assault o
two fellow convcts named Girard an
Planter last March, has been in soltar
confinement every since. He was let on
day or two ago.
: A license has been granted to Samut
Z. Thompson, an old colored attorney 9
Ann Arbor, TO marry Elizabeth PnrtelL
white woman about 20 years his junior.